GOP Senators Predict Quick Death for Senate Immigration Bill in House

NEWSMAX. Thursday, 27 Jun 2013 08:48 PM By Todd Beamon

Republican reaction was swift and strong Thursday to the Senate’s passing of sweeping immigration reform legislation, with many senators predicting the measure will fail in the House of Representatives. “Sponsors of this legislation, despite the array of financial, establishment, and special-interest support, failed to hit their target of 70 votes,” said Sen. Jeff Sessions, the Alabama Republican who has long railed against the bill. “The more people learned about the bill, the more uneasy they became. “Failure to reach 70 votes is significant, and ensures the House has plenty of space to chart an opposite course and reject this fatally flawed proposal,” Sessions said. “It is a broken promise, 1,200 pages long.” “This is a bill led by Democrats,” Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul declared on Fox News. “There will be a bill proposed for immigration reform led by Republicans in the House, and I’m hoping that’s something that I can get behind.” The Senate voted 68-32 — with the backing of 14 Republicans — to approve the reform legislation introduced by the bipartisan Gang of Eight senators in April. The group includes Republican Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Marco Rubio of Florida, both of whom voted in favor of the reform measure Democrats in the group include Sens. Chuck Schumer of New York and Dick Durbin of Illinois. The legislation calls for increased border security, and requires illegal immigrants to pass criminal background checks, pay ﬁnes, learn English, and pay taxes before getting in line for citizenship, among other reforms. It also included $46 billion in enhanced border-security measures, including the doubling of U.S. Border Patrol agents to 40,000 and the increased use of surveillance technology along the border. This would include unmanned drones, cameras, and ground sensors. The bill also would double the amount of fencing along the Mexico border to 700 miles. About 40 miles of fencing currently lines the border. The Senate vote capped three weeks of contentious debate, with Republicans charging the legislation was amnesty for 11 million-plus illegal immigrants, that it did little to strengthen the nation’s borders, and that the Democratic leadership was rushing such complex legislation into law. In the House, Speaker John Boehner said on Thursday that the lower chamber was not going to take up the Senate bill. “I think I made it clear that if we’re going to do this the right way, there ought to be a majority of Democrats and a majority of Republicans in favor of it,” the Ohio Republican said, ABC News reports. Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana agreed. “This has no momentum at all in the House,” he said of the Senate legislation. Meanwhile, Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio charged that the bill did little to improve the nation’s E-Verify system, which allows employers to confirm an immigrant’s legal status. Portman said a stronger E-Verify system would block at least 40 percent of illegal immigrants from passing a job background check. “Implementing an effective E-Verify system is the most critical element in making immigration reform work,” he said. “The legislation the Senate voted on is not a real fix because it does not include the new enforcement measures needed as part of a comprehensive package,” Portman added. He said the legislation would essentially legalize millions of illegal immigrants — but without adequate “border and workplace enforcement to curtail future illegal immigration.” Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, said any reform legislation needs provisions to “reduce the wait-time and simplify the process for those entering the country legally. “Unfortunately, instead of proving to the American public that Congress is serious about border security and enforcing the laws already on the books, the final Senate bill gives weak promises on border security, leaving many aspects of implementation to the discretion of the Homeland Security Secretary,” Thune said. “Simply put, the Senate immigration bill is legalization first and empty promises of border security second,” he added. And Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, who also has consistently spoken out against the bill, said the vote reflected a “fatally flawed” process. “It was written behind closed doors with special interests,” Cruz said. “In the Judiciary Committee, the Gang of Eight and Democrats blocked all substantive amendments because of a previously cooked deal — and on the Senate floor, the majority blocked any attempts to fix the bill.” Cruz also attacked a provision that created a tax penalty of nearly $5,000 for employers who hired U.S. citizens or legal immigrants. But the penalty does not apply to those in Registered Provisional Immigrant status, which would be created to adjust the status of illegals to legal status. “That is indefensible,” Cruz charged. “I filed an amendment to fix this defect, but I was blocked by Senate Democrats from receiving a vote on that solution. “Sadly, this bill won’t fix the problem with our immigration system; it will only encourage more illegal immigration and human suffering.”Read Latest Breaking News from Newsmax.com http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/gop-death-immigration-bill/2013/06/27/id/512387?s=al&promo_code=13FD2-1#ixzz2XW5300pB

Vatican official arrested in corruption plot

NICOLE WINFIELD3 hours ago

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A Vatican official was arrested Friday by Italian police for allegedly trying to bring 20 million euros ($26 million) in cash into the country from Switzerland aboard an Italian government plane, his lawyer said.

Monsignor Nunzio Scarano, already under investigation in a purported money-laundering plot involving the Vatican bank, is accused of fraud, corruption and slander stemming from the plot, which never got off the ground, attorney Silverio Sica told The Associated Press.

It was the latest financial scandal to hit the Vatican and came just two days after Pope Francis created a commission of inquiry into the Vatican bank to get to the bottom of the problems that have plagued it for decades and contributed to damaging the Vatican’s reputation.

Sica said Scarano was a middleman in the Swiss operation. Friends had asked him to intervene with a broker, Giovanni Carenzio, to return 20 million euros they had given him to invest. Sica said Scarano persuaded Carenzio to return the money, and an Italian secret service agent, Giovanni Maria Zito, went to Switzerland to bring the cash back aboard an Italian government aircraft. Such a move would presumably prevent any reporting of the money coming into Italy.

The operation failed because Carenzio reneged on the deal, Sica said.

Zito, nevertheless, demanded his 400,000 euro commission. Scarano paid him an initial 200,000 euros by check, Sica said. But in a bid to not have the second installment of the commission deposited, Scarano filed a report for a missing 200,000 check, even though he knew Zito had it, Sica said.

Carenzio and Zito also were arrested Wednesday along with Scarano, Sica said.

When asked how Scarano responded to the accusations, Sica said “I think that Don Nunzio will respond to the questions.”

It’s not the only troubles facing Scarano.

Prosecutors in the southern city of Salerno have placed him under investigation for alleged money-laundering stemming from his account at the Vatican’s bank, called the Institute for Religious Works, or IOR.

The investigation concerns transactions Scarano, then an official at the Administration for the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, made in 2009 in which he took 560,000 euros ($729,000) in cash out of his personal IOR bank account and carried it out of the Vatican and into Italy to help pay off a mortgage on his Salerno home.

To deposit the money into an Italian bank account — and to prevent family members from finding out he had such a large chunk of cash — he asked 56 close friends to accept 10,000 euros apiece in cash in exchange for a check or money transfer in the same amount, Sica said earlier this week. Scarano was then able to deposit the amounts in his Italian account.

The original money came into Scarano’s IOR account from donors who gave it to the prelate thinking they were funding a home for the terminally ill in Salerno, Sica said. He said the donors had “enormous” wealth and could offer such donations for his charitable efforts.

He said Scarano had given the names of the donors to prosecutors and insisted the origin of the money was clean, that the transactions didn’t constitute money-laundering, and that he only took the money “temporarily” for his personal use.

The home for terminally ill hasn’t been built, though the property has been identified, Sica said.

“He declares himself absolutely innocent,” Sica said of the Salerno investigation.

The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, told the AP earlier this week that the Vatican is taking the appropriate measures to deal with Scarano’s case. There was no further comment Friday from the Vatican about Scarano’s arrest.

Francis has made clear he has no tolerance for corruption or for Vatican officials who use their jobs for personal ambition or gain. He has said he wants a “poor” church and a church that is for the poor, one that goes out to the “peripheries” to minister to those most needy. He has also noted, tongue in cheek, that “St. Peter didn’t have a bank account.”

On Wednesday, he named five people to head a commission of inquiry into the Vatican bank’s activities and legal status “to allow for a better harmonization with the universal mission of the Apostolic See,” according to the legal document he signed creating it.

Two of them are Americans: Monsignor Peter Wells, the No. 3 official in the Vatican secretariat of state, and Mary Ann Glendon, a Harvard law professor, former U.S. ambassador to the Holy See and current president of a pontifical academy.

American cardinals were among the most vocal in demanding a wholesale reform of the Vatican bureaucracy — and the Vatican bank — in the meetings outlining the priorities for the new pope in the run-up to the March conclave that elected Francis. The demands were raised following revelations in leaked documents last year that told of dysfunction, petty turf wars and allegations of corruption in the Holy See’s governance.

It was the second time in as many weeks that Francis had intervened to get information out of the IOR, a secretive institution best known for the scandals it has caused the Vatican. On June 15, he filled a key vacancy in the bank’s governing structure, tapping a trusted prelate to be his eyes inside the bank.

THIS should be read by everyone, especially important to those over 75. If you are younger, then it applies to your parents.

Your hospital Medicare admittance has just changed under Obama Care. You must be admitted by your primary Physician in order for Medicare to pay for it! If you are admitted by an emergency room doctor it is treated as outpatient care where hospital costs are not covered. This is only the tip of the iceberg for Obama Care. Just wait to see what happens in 2013 & 2014!

At age 72, today, I went to the Dr. for my monthly B12 shot that I have been getting for a number of years. The nurse came and got me, got out the needle filled and ready to go then looked at the computer and got very quiet and asked if I was prepared to pay for it. I said no that my insurance takes care of it.

She said, that Medicare had turned it down and went to talk to my Dr. about it. 15 minutes later she came back and said, she was sorry but they had tried every-thing they could but Medicare is beginning to turn many things down for seniors because of the projected Obama Care coming in. She was brushing at tears and said, “Some day they too will get old”, I am so very sorry!!

Please for the sake of many good people, please… pass this on. We all need to be informed.

YOU ARE NOT GOING TO LIKE THIS…

At age 76 when you most need it, you are not eligible for cancer treatment page 272

What Nancy Pelosi didn’t want us to know until after the healthcare bill was passed. Remember she said, “We have to pass the Bill so that we can see what’s in it.” Well, here it is.

Obama Care Highlighted by Page Number

THE CARE BILL HB 3200

JUDGE KITHIL IS THE 2ND OFFICIAL WHO HAS OUTLINED THESE PARTS OF THE CARE BILL.

The bill will provide insurance to all non-U.S. residents, even if they are here illegally.

Page 58 and 59:

The government will have real-time access to an individual’s bank account and will have the authority to make electronic fund transfers from those accounts.

Page 65/section 164:

The plan will be subsidized (by the government) for all union members, union retirees and for community organizations (such as the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now – ACORN).

Page 203/line 14-15:

The tax imposed under this section will not be treated as a tax. (How could anybody in their right mind come up with that?)

Page 241 and 253:

Doctors will all be paid the same regardless of specialty, and the government will set all doctors’ fees.

Page 272. section 1145:

Cancer hospital will ration care according to the patient’s age.

Page 317 and 321:

The government will impose a prohibition on hospital expansion; however, communities may petition for an exception.

Page 425, line 4-12:

The government mandates advance-care planning consultations. Those on Social Security will be required to attend an “end-of-life planning” seminar every five years. (Death counseling..)

Page 429, line 13-25:

The government will specify which doctors can write an end-of-life order.

HAD ENOUGH???? Judge Kithil then goes on to identify:

“Finally, it is specifically stated that this bill will not apply to members of Congress. Honorable David Kithil of Marble Falls , Texas

All of the above should give you the ammo you need to oppose Obamacare. Please send this information on to all of your email contacts

Class Action Lawsuits Filed Against Obama/NSA For Violations of Constitution

Dear Patriot,

We the People have recently learned that the President Barack Obama is using his National Security Agency to spy on us, by intercepting our private and confidential telephone messages, emails and internet postings to use against us. In this way it can obviously coerce and blackmail the American people to remain silent to his power grab, which is intended to transform our beloved nation into his dream of a socialist state.

I’m looking for millions of Americans to stand together and join with us in the class action lawsuits we have already filed in federal court in Washington, D.C. against the Obama adminisration, its corporate enablers and the judge who went along with their power grab, in order to take back our constitutionally protected rights of privacy, freedom of association and the right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures of our most private personal communications and due process. Without millions of American citizens fighting for freedom, we fear that our great country will be totally destroyed if President Obama is allowed to continue spying on all of our telephone calls, email and internet postings. PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY AS OUR CLASS ACTION CASES HAVE ALREADY BEEN FILED AND ARE IN PROGRESS AND WE NEED YOU TO JOIN IN THE FIGHT TO PRESERVE OUR FREEDOMS BEFORE ALL IS LOST!

These class action lawsuits were filed because Barack Hussein Obama’s National Security Agency (NSA) is looking hrough billions of our emails, phone records, and other personal and confidential information to coerce and blackmail the American people to remain silent to his tyranny and attempted dismantling of the foundations of our Republic. This outrage is more than simply the latest scandal in Washington. It marks a critical turning point in our nation, and I am counting on you to support us in our efforts to regain our rights as American citizens; rights which our Founding Fathers and the American colonies fought and died for. This is an absolutely critical and defining moment. Already filed class action lawsuits against President Obama, his Attorney General Eric Holder, the NSA, Verizon, and other cell phone and internet provider companies like Facebook, Google, Yahoo, and AOL, will serve to unify all political and social persuasions in our great nation to wage a second American revolution, one that is peaceful and legal – but pursued with force. The time has come for We the People to rise up and reclaim control of our nation. The American people can use these class actions to ‘man the barricades of freedom’ against President Obama and his establishment government despots and their corporate enablers who seek to imprison them through coercive abuses of their privacy and other constitutional rights. We must say ‘no’ to the Orwellian power grab. We must demand that our liberties be respected, before we are all made the prisoners of Obama and his comrades. Without your strong financial support, however, this could be the moment that Americans give up their God given rights to freedom, ran away from a fight and gave up our last bit of approval for a government-takeover of our lives. To keep us down and to prevent us from fighting back, Obama and his comrades are spying on all of us. They are obviously prepared to use confidential personal information to coerce and blackmail we, the American people, into submission in order that he can pursue his agenda to transform the nation into a socialist state. This simply cannot be permitted and we must not stand for this, but rather stand and fight together to prevent this. As our Founding Father Benjamin Franklin declared in the days leading up to the Declaration of Independence, either we must all hang together or separately we will be hanged. The class action cases which we have filed are a way for us all to hang together to defeat Obama and his socialist comrades. To view the class action complaints, join our just cause and make generous gift to our legal defense fund, go here. We the People are up against powerful forces and we must have the financial means to legally wage this battle; a second American revolution to reclaim and preserve our liberties. Let us all band together to wage a second American revolution, legally and in the courts, to preserve our God given freedoms and liberties. Time is short before all is lost. If you can, please agree to your most generous contribution of $500, $250, $100, $50 or $35 today. Every dollar counts. With your support, we will immediately begin mobilizing millions of freedom loving Americans from all over the country to join our already filed lawsuits stop Obama’s spying on us and to preserve our freedoms! While others just talk, we have taken action to put an end to this illegal attempt by President Obama to take away our constitutional rights and to take total control over the lives of me, you and our loved ones. Thanks so much for your support. Time is short to save the nation from President Obama’s totalitarian takeover! Help us NOW to wage this legal revolution to save the nation before all is lost!

Sincerely,

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Mr. Klayman was the legal counsel who successfully defeated the legal recall of Sheriff Joe Arpaio

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I’m planning to move my family and extended family into Mexico for my health, and I would like to ask you to assist me.

We’re planning to simply walk across the border from the U.S. into Mexico, and we’ll need your help to make a few arrangements.

We plan to skip all the legal stuff like visas, passports, immigration quotas and laws.

I’m sure they handle those things the same way you do here. So, would you mind telling your buddy, President Pena Nieto, that I’m on my way over?

Please let him know that I will be expecting the following:

1. Free medical care for my entire family.

2. English-speaking government bureaucrats for all services I might need, whether I use them or not.

3. Please print all Mexican Government forms in English.

4. I want my grandkids to be taught Spanish by English-speaking (bi-lingual) teachers.

5. Tell their schools they need to include classes on American culture and history.

6. I want my grandkids to see the American flag on one of the flag poles at their school.

7. Please plan to feed my grandkids at school for both breakfast and lunch.

8. I will need a local Mexican driver’s license so I can get easy access to government services.

9. I do plan to get a car and drive in Mexico, but I don’t plan to purchase car insurance, and I probably won’t make any special effort to learn local traffic laws.

10. In case one of the Mexican police officers does not get the memo from their president to leave me alone, please be sure that every patrol car has at least one English-speaking officer.

11. I plan to fly the U.S. flag from my housetop, put U S. flag decals on my car, and have a gigantic celebration on July 4th. I do not want any complaints or negative comments from the locals.

12. I would also like to have a nice job without paying any taxes, or have any labor or tax laws enforced on any business I may start.

13. Please have the president tell all the Mexican people to be extremely nice and never say critical things about me or my family, or about the strain we mig ht place on their economy.

14. I want to receive free food stamps.

15. Naturally, I’ll expect free rent subsidies.

16. I’ll need income tax credits so that although I don’t pay Mexican taxes, I’ll receive money from the government.

17. Please arrange it so that the Mexican Government pays $4,500.00 to help me buy a new car.

18. Oh yes, I almost forgot, please enroll me free into the Mexican Social Security program so that I’ll get a monthly income in retirement.

I know this is an easy request because you already do all these things for all his people who walk over to the U.S. from Mexico. I am sure that President Nieto won’t mind returning the favor if you ask him nicely.